Installing and Controlling Photoshop's ScriptListener Plug-in

Question

I've long wanted a way to control Adobe's Photoshop ScriptListener Plug-in. Yesterday I stumbled onto  James A. Taylor Photoshop script vScriptListener.jsx which is dated 9/19/2007. This script can install and give you some control over the script logs that the plug-in writes to while your in Photoshop. With this script GUI you can see the current size of the Script log files, clear a log file, edit a log file and lock a log file from alteration by the ScriptListener and the script.  I like this script so much that I created an action for it just so I could open its GUI with a function key. James wrote this script in the CS2 time frame some path have changed and now we have 64 bit and 32 bit Plug-in and different plug-in folders.  I changed the script to work with Windows XP install paths. The install ScriptListener part of the Script will therefore not work in a dual install  64 bit and 32 bit environment. However the GUI will work if the ScriptListener Plug-in is installed in your Photoshop your 64 bit and 32 bit setup. Here is a link to the updated script http://www.mouseprints.net/old/dpr/vScriptListener.jsx

Answer 1

What I don't like about the vScriptListener.JSX and the LastLogEntry.jsx script is that their use is recorded into the logs that the ScriptListener writes from an Action or Photoshop menu File>Scripts>... . I like vScriptListener.JSX GUI for managing the log files would even like to see it active all the time and not interfear with Photoshop other then locking and unlocking the logs.  I'm a windows user and kenw it would be an easy job to do using a dos bat file.  I'm sure X could write a JavaScript application to do the LastLogEntry function external to Photoshop if he wanted to.  Will DOS ever die? Here is my Windows Bat file which I created a shortcut for on my desktop that positions a three line Dos Window for its user interface at the bottom right of my screen.
     @Echo Off
:loop
     CLS
rem Display Log File Size
     Dir "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log" /T:W /4 | find "%ScriptingListenerJS.log"
rem Display Log Attributes  R read only Locked no R log is Unlocked
     Attrib "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log"
Rem If timeout is user the above display lines will refresh over time else you need to use enter or number
rem Ask -t60 -u Enter:1 to Lock, 2 to Unlock, 3 to Edit, 4 to Clear, 5 To Exit :
     Ask -u Enter:1 to Lock, 2 to Unlock, 3 to Edit, 4 to Clear, 5 To Exit :
rem Echo %ERRORLEVEL%
     if %ERRORLEVEL%==0 goto timeout
     if %ERRORLEVEL%==49 goto one
     if %ERRORLEVEL%==50 goto two
     if %ERRORLEVEL%==51 goto three
     if %ERRORLEVEL%==52 goto four
     if %ERRORLEVEL%==53 goto five
     goto loop
:timeout
     goto loop
:one
     Attrib +R "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log"
     goto loop
:two
     Attrib -R "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log"
     goto loop
:three
        Rem inline command use CMD independate command use start
     CMD /C notepad "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log"
rem Start notepad "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log"
     goto loop
:four
Rem If the script log file is unlocked not read only  this echo will clear it
     Echo. > "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log"
     goto loop
:five
     EXIT